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Turkish Press Review, 96-08-02

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From: Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs <http://www.mfa.gov.tr>


CONTENTS

  • [01] CILLER TO VISIT AMMAN IN SEPTEMBER
  • [02] AKKAN'S SUCCESS
  • [03] ENVER PASHA'S REMAINS TO BE REBURIED IN ISTANBUL
  • [04] REPORTS THAT ARMENIA WANTS BORDERS RE-OPENED
  • [05] PKK SUFFERS NEW BLOW
  • [06] UN CONTROL TO HABUR AND CEYHAN BORDER GATES
  • [07] $60 BILLION LOSS IN SOUTHEAST OF TURKEY
  • [08] "WE CAN SHARE OUR EXPERIENCES IN STRUGGLE AGAINST TERRORISM"
  • [09] APPOINTMENT TO THE DGPI
  • [10] ECSU AGREEMENT RATIFIED
  • [11] PRIVATIZATION OF THE TURKISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS RATIFIED

  • TURKISH PRESS REVIEW

    FRIDAY AUGUST 2, 1996

    Summary of the political and economic news in the Turkish press this morning

    [01] CILLER TO VISIT AMMAN IN SEPTEMBER

    Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Tansu Ciller will visit Amman, the Jordanian capital, in September. A statement from the Foreign Ministry said that Ciller will pay a visit to Amman at the invitation of the Jordanian Prime Minister, Foreign and Defence Minister Abdulkerim Kebariti in the first week of September. Ciller's visit, which was scheduled for the summer, has been postponed because of operation undergone by King Huessein of Jordan, the statement added. /Hurriyet/

    [02] AKKAN'S SUCCESS

    Edirne Deputy from the True Path Party (DYP) Umran Akkan has been elected Second Chairperson of the Women Parliamentarians' Organization of Islamic Countries. Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was elected chairperson of the organization. In addition to Akkan, Deputy Chairman of the Republican People's Party (CHP) Oya Arasli, Adana Deputy from the Motherland Party (ANAP) Imren Aykut and Izmir Deputy from the Democratic Left Party (DSP) Zerrin Yeniceli attended the conference held in Malaysia on 29-31 July. /Hurriyet/

    [03] ENVER PASHA'S REMAINS TO BE REBURIED IN ISTANBUL

    President Suleyman Demirel has ratified a decision for reburying Enver Pasha's remains in Istanbul. Enver Pasha was killed in 1922 during a military campaign in Tajikistan, but he is also remembered as one of the leading statesmen of his time. His remains will now be buried in a state memorial more suitable for a man who sacrificed everything for his country. /Milliyet/

    [04] REPORTS THAT ARMENIA WANTS BORDERS RE-OPENED

    There are reports that Armenian parliamentarian and Minister for Privatization, Telman Ter Petrosyan, has disclosed that Armenia wants have its borders with Turkey "re-opened as soon as possible." According to reports, Petrosyan said that both Armenia and Turkey would benefit from economic developments and renewed trade.

    Describing himself as a businessman, Petrosyan said that Armenia was ready to build more direct routes to the border in order to facilitate trade with Turkey. He also spoke about new natural gas deals with Turkey. /Cumhuriyet/

    [05] PKK SUFFERS NEW BLOW

    In skirmishes between the Turkish security forces and PKK terrorists in Hakkari, Siirt and Diyarbakir 17 terrorists were killed and a large amount of ammunition found. Three other terrorists responsible for bomb explosions in some public buildings were arrested in operations in Mus, Bitlis and Tunceli. /Milliyet/

    [06] UN CONTROL TO HABUR AND CEYHAN BORDER GATES

    UN specialists will arrive in September and visit in Habur and Ceyhan to oversee the transportation of Iraqi oil within the framework of the oil-for-food agreement reached between Iraq and the UN in May. The UN specialists could possibly bring an end to diesel transportation by trucks and tankers undertaken by Turkey despite the UN embargo decision against Iraq taken after the Gulf War. Ankara has initiated contacts in New York and Washington to prevent a possible ban on the Turkish fuel transport system so far overlooked by the UN. /Cumhuriyet/

    [07] $60 BILLION LOSS IN SOUTHEAST OF TURKEY

    The economy of the southeast region of Turkey has greatly suffered from the embargo imposed to Iraq by the United Nations since 1990. Businessmen and industrialists in the region stressed that the embargo was actually more effective in Turkey rather than Iraq and claimed that economic problems stemming from the embargo contributed to an increase in the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorist attacks. They added that as a result of the embargo, not only the Iraqi people but also the southeastern people suffered from hunger shortages.

    Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce of Gaziantep, Mehmet Aslan, said that the Turkish economy had lost $60 billion since 1990 and that they would start some democratic activities to announce their problems to world public opinion. He noted that they would hold some domocratic demonstrations in order to attract the attention of the world media like CNN, BBC and ZDF to the region and that they would form a human chain by from Gaziantep to Habur border gate. /Cumhuriyet/

    [08] "WE CAN SHARE OUR EXPERIENCES IN STRUGGLE AGAINST TERRORISM"

    The decisions taken at the end of the meeting of the G7 countries on 30 July in Paris regarding the struggle against terrorism at national and international level have been welcomed by Turkey. Turkey announced that she was ready to share her experiences in the struggle against terrorism with every country concerned about the issue. According to a foreign ministry statement on Wednesday, Turkey was pleased that most of her suggestions put forward at the Sharm-el Sheikh Summit had been accepted by the G7 countries in Paris. /Cumhuriyet/

    [09] APPOINTMENT TO THE DGPI

    Aydan Karahan has been appointed as the new General Director of Press and Information. Before being appinted to his new post, Karahan was the Ambassador of Turkey to Lefkosa. /Cumhuriyet/

    [10] ECSU AGREEMENT RATIFIED

    An agreement regarding trade within the scope of the European Coal and Steel Union (ECSU) Agreement between Turkey and the European Union (EU) was ratified yesterday by Parliament.

    According to the agreement published in the Official Gazette dated August 1, 1996, the EU will minimize customs taxes on Turkey's iron-steel products to zero./Cumhuriyet/

    [11] PRIVATIZATION OF THE TURKISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS RATIFIED

    A draft law which foresees the privatization of the Turkish Telecommunications Corp. was ratified by the General Council of the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TGNA). Selling procedures will be conducted by the Privatization Administration; values of the shares will be decided by the value-determination commissions by using methods accepted by international finance and capital markets; selling of the shares will be realised by selling them to the public, selling in domestic-foreign capital markets, in the stock exchange and selling to the partners of the investment partners. /Cumhuriyet/

    END


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